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7/31/2014

Tennessee up to 471,882 permits in July 2014, Michigan at 558,403, Utah at 550,663, and Florida at 1,290,362

Click on above screenshots to enlarge them. It is pretty amazing that just seven states now have a total of just seven states account for over 5 million concealed handgun permits. Indiana has had about a 13 percent increase in the number of permits in just 9 months.

UPDATE: Illinois now has seen about 84,000 permit applicants. Presumably almost all will have their permits approved. Still many fewer than the unrealistic prediction of 300,000 by the state police.

UPDATE: From the West Virginia Associated Press: It looks as if West Virginia has about 126,514 permits that were issued over the last five years and that there were large changes in the number of permits issued in 2012 and 2013. That would represent quite an increase from 92,000 active permit holders in 2011.